With the meeting of the four old giants in the literary world, this literary conference has officially kicked off.
Suddenly, the celebrities arriving in Yangzhou were like crucian carp crossing the river. Of course, they were mainly from the left side of the Yangtze River. No matter how far away they were, they could not catch up.
Moreover, most of them are disciples of the Restore Sect or people who are nominally affiliated with the Restore Sect, and people from other sects do not even bother to participate.
According to incomplete statistics, there are Wang Zhideng, the leader of the Suzhou literary circle, Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru, who are both famous in the world, Hu Yinglin who is touted as the heir to the academic mantle of Wang Lao leader, Gu Qiyuan, a famous scholar in Jinling, Yin Du, the leading figure in the Jiading literary circle, Zou Diguang of Wuxi, a bachelor
Wang Xijue’s son Wang Heng, etc.
Lin Daguan's impression of this is that every time a conference is held, he realizes that there are so many celebrities, and most of them cannot be remembered at ordinary times.
It may also be that I hang out in different circles, so I have less contact with these celebrities.
Correspondingly, a large number of flower boats sailed out of the Qinhuai River in Jinling and sailed into Yangzhou City, filling the river known as Little Qinhuai in later generations.
After all, "Between Jingkou and Guazhou, there is only one river, and Zhongshan is only separated by several mountains." It is very convenient to go from Nanjing to Yangzhou.
There was one person in the city who didn't care about the celebrities and concubines. He only focused all his attention on Lin Daguan, and that was the transportation envoy of the Salt Transportation Department.
There was a doubt that kept lingering in Fei Yunshi's mind. Why didn't Lin Tailai file a complaint?
After the Salt Transportation Department convicted Lin Tailai, Lin Tailai said in court that he would appeal to the Salt Inspectorate.
But until now, Lin Tailai still has not gone to the Salt Inspectorate to appeal, which made Fei Yunshi feel unusual.
In fact, Commander Fei Yun was really looking forward to Lin Tai's appeal, which would put the greatest responsibility on the Salt Inspectorate, and the pressure on the Salt Transportation Department would be much less, at least he wouldn't have to take the blame.
On that day, after Jinling celebrity Gu Qiyuan entered Yangzhou City, he went to Lin's house to avoid suspicion and brought a letter from Ma Xianglan, a retired socialite.
Secretary Bai joked: "How can such an old woman still have unresolved feelings? Do you want me to write a reply for you?"
Official Lin replied: "Ma Ji wrote this letter for her old lover Wang Zhideng. This old man seems to be restless. Ma Ji asked me to help him keep an eye on it."
Secretary Bai covered his mouth and smiled, "What an old man? It's really ugly."
Official Lin was just about to use the joke "Old Man" that was widely circulated in later generations to show off, when he suddenly heard a report that Zhang Fengyi had come to visit.
In order to open up the calligraphy and painting market, Zhang Fengyi came to Yangzhou with Lin Tailai.
It was not convenient for Lin Tailai to have close contacts with Zhang Fengyi in public, so he privately introduced Lu Junbi, a famous social activist in Yangzhou City, and Wang Yuanwai, a salt merchant leader, to Zhang Fengyi.
Then Zhang Fengyi felt like a fish in water, immersed in this new market flowing with milk and honey and couldn't extricate herself.
Lin Tailai has not seen Zhang Fengyi in recent times. He doesn't know why he suddenly came to visit today.
"Did you know that Wang Yanzhou will hold a cultural conference at Pingshan Hall the day after tomorrow?" Zhang Fengyi asked directly, ignoring the pleasantries.
Lin Tailai replied: "I don't know about the Wenhui. I only know that two hundred saltmen will form two lines of defense at the middle peak of Shugang the day after tomorrow.
The first one is at the stone steps at the bottom of the mountain, and the second one is at the mountain gate at the top, firmly guarding the road leading to Pingshan Hall. There are also a hundred salt guards for mobile support to prevent any possible accidents."
Zhang Fengyi: "."
Are your concerns, Lin Tailai, always different from others?
Lin Daguan asked strangely: "Then what do you want to say to me?"
Zhang Fengyi added: "Wang Danzhou only invited more than ten people to attend this literary conference. It is said that at the meeting, literary ethics will be discussed and the tone will be set for this Yangzhou literary conference!"
Official Lin couldn't help but be in a trance. Could it be that the old alliance leader Wang had also been transported through time?
I actually learned to hold a small meeting to set the tone before holding a general meeting, so as to avoid the situation of talking in different directions in a crowded meeting.
"Old leader, you are very good at learning." Lin Daguan couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and then said without knowing why, "Why are you telling me this?"
Zhang Fengyi gritted his teeth and said: "The biggest problem now is that Wang Danzhou didn't invite me to participate!
My status in Jiangzuo’s literary world, Zhang Fengyi, is that I can’t even get into the top twenty?
Even juniors like Jiading Yindu and Wuxi Zou Diguang were invited, but Zhang Fengyi was the only one who was excluded?"
Lin Daguan was still confused, "Aren't you very familiar with the old leader Wang? You should go to the old leader to complain. It's useless to complain here."
Zhang Fengyi asked: "If I can't attend the cultural gathering the day after tomorrow, shouldn't you, Lin Tailai, take responsibility?"
Mr. Lin: "???"
The one who didn't invite you to the meeting is Mr. Wang, the alliance leader, not Lin Tailai!
Zhang Fengyi then explained: "Because Wang Danzhou regards me as your ally, he excluded me.
After all, on the Mid-Autumn Festival night last year, the Suzhou literary world split because of you. There was too much commotion, and Wang Danzhou must have known about it."
Lin Tailai was speechless, "I didn't even receive an invitation, so how can I bring you into the venue?"
Zhang Fengyi said firmly: "I believe you must have a way!"
"Old sir, you think too highly of me!" Lin Daguan said casually, "Who do you think those three hundred saltmen guarding the road up the mountain are trying to guard against?"
Zhang Fengyi said sharply: "What Wang Danzhou slapped was not my face, but your Lin Tailai's face.
If I can't show up at the venue, it will be your Lin Tailai's face that I lose!
From now on, everyone in the literary world knows that as long as you get close to you, you will be excluded as a marginalized figure!
I don’t know what you, Lin Tailai, are thinking, but I definitely wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Official Lin was stunned and couldn't help complaining: "Old sir, you are worthy of being Zhang Youyu's brother. You have 70% of Zhang Youyu's troublemaking skills."
Zhang Fengyi still believed in it and kept saying the same thing: "I believe you have a way!"
Official Lin had no choice but to sigh: "I am an idle person, but you are forcing me to fight for fame and wealth!"
Then he asked: "There must be many people like you who really want to participate in the Astronomical Society, right?"
Zhang Fengyi was shocked and said: "Can you get more people to attend the meeting?"
Lin Daguan replied: "You can let the word go. As long as you hand over twenty taels at the bottom of the mountain the day after tomorrow, I will be responsible for delivering it to the Pingshan Hall venue!"
Zhang Fengyi opened his eyes wide: "Are you joking?"
Lin Daguan said: "I, Lin Tailai, have never cheated in my life!"
"I'm going to pull someone's head, I'm going to kill you!" Zhang Fengyi said very measuredly.
Twenty taels is not cheap, but few celebrities who can come to the literary conference are poor.
If you recruit fifty people, it will be one thousand taels, and then divide it into two hundred taels, which is really a lot.
The day after tomorrow will be the day when leader Wang convenes a literary meeting for the first time.
One difference between this era and later generations is that at public events, sometimes the most important person may not be the last to arrive.
For example, when going to court, the emperor would sit down first, and then let the ministers come to see him.
At today's literary conference, the old leader Wang sat in the main hall of Pingshan Hall early and talked with Cai Shiding, the patrol salt censor, who strongly supported the literary conference.
Leader Wang drank tea and said: "Seeing Cai Shiyu's deployment, I made the right choice to choose the venue here."
Mainly because seeing the layers of defenses up and down the mountain, the old alliance leader felt extremely at ease.
When I first chose to stay at Pingshan Hall, I also took into consideration the fact that I could stay safe and prevent people from coming up to cause trouble.
Even if this is just a hillock a few dozen meters high, the location is advantageous. The access road is not wide, and a barrier with a hundred people is enough for defense!
Hearing the thanks from the leader Wang Lao, Cai Yushi quickly said a few words of humility, saying that by co-organizing the literary conference, he would also be able to gain fame.
For him who has been away from the center for several years, this is exactly what he needs urgently.
So the two people who arrived early were in a good mood and sat in Pingshan Hall chatting while waiting for the arrival of today's participants.
It was okay at first, but when the old leader drank the third pot of tea and Wen Siru suffered from diabetes, he finally realized something was wrong.
Where are the people? Where are the others?
Although today is a small-scale elite meeting and there are not many participants, it’s not like up to now, no one has shown up, right?
I don’t have time to write more today, so I set an alarm to get up at 7 o’clock tomorrow to update, so I treat it as weekend overtime work!
